MOUNT COBB, Pa. — Bagpipers coming back from a St. Patrick’s Day parade have been taken to hospitals after their constitution bus crashed right into a tractor-trailer, officers mentioned.
The bus was exiting westbound Interstate 84 in northeastern Pennsylvania shortly earlier than 6:30 p.m. Sunday when it bumped into the tractor-trailer, which had nobody inside it, Jefferson Township Volunteer Fireplace Division Chief Mike Shaffer mentioned, in line with WBRE-TV/WYOU-TV.
Seventeen folks on the bus had minor accidents, in line with Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Trooper First Class Robert City. The crash was not climate associated and is beneath investigation, he mentioned.
The bus was carrying the Higher Scranton Black Diamonds Pipe Band again from a parade in Milford, in line with Invoice Hetherson, the band’s enterprise supervisor.
The band expects everybody to make a full restoration.
They cancelled group St. Patrick’s Day occasions on Monday however some may be capable to play solo, Hetherson mentioned.
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